The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-09-01
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majority.
THE OYSTER.
To-day the oyster asserts his RUE ana
If the cool weather holds We may soon
see the luncher pose himself gracefully
on the elevated stool before the oyster
counter. and swallow the delicious bi-
valve with a flavor Of lemon. And then
beer takes the place Of iulep, and whisky
and apollinaris yields to ale.
Take him as you will, raw, roast. fry
or stew. VIC never shall look upon his
like.
Let Ms not forget the legend of that
noble Virginian VINO received the hospi-
~talitics of Boston because he put after
his name in the hotel register the ie'ter-
FIR $. After erudite Boston had ieted
him for a month thew discovered that
he knew more about the delights OF the
table than science and philosophy
They demanded to know whether hc
wa acquainted with certain great scien-
fists.
lie never heard of them.
"But are You not a Fellow Of the Royal
Society p
$40. sir. I'm a Virginia gentleman.
and ! always put those capitals after my
name to let a tayern-kecper know that ]
take en- fried. roasted, and stewed.
An eN-aldeman of New York city has
been robbed. This viii surprise those
who have been reading the %cracksmen
stories of New York aldermen
And it recalls the story of a California
Forty miner who was al Saratoga for thc
govt. A burgler came creeping into his
room at midnight. The old Californian
calmly drew his s~ix-shootcr from under
the pillow and said Hold mp your
hands. Great Scott, cried the burglar
GIVE caught one of the profesh.
Signor Baritoni, a distinguished Italian
tourist in the United States, say that
this is a great country, but il is a pity
we have not a constitutional monarchy
Ike Italy, because il would prevent the
people from being oyerrun by the corpo-
%rations.
IN co,o. .S,0nor BgJtt0uj' Don't You
know that every American wants Go he "a
corporation boss. and therefore viii not
put down the high privilege,
Mr.. Carlisle said Yesterday in Washing
ton that "the people DO not want The tax
taken of whisky and kept on the necc
saries Of life. But the Virginia platform
adopted at Roanoke, as ! understand 10.
demands the abolition of the internal rev
cnue. and that must include the whisky
tax" He also said that the Protectionisis
demand the repeal of the internal rev
enue system. because that would prevent
a reduction of the tariff duties.
The decision of the United States Cir
cult Court Of California against the APP
piication for a rule 10 enforce the Pacific
railway officials TO answer certain ques-
tions pat by the commission of inyesti-
cation perhaps saves some guilty parties,
but Justice Stephen j. Fields opinion IS
a rock of defence i'm the part where he
saws 1t is fOrcible intrusion into and
compulsory exposure Of ones private af-
fairs and papers without judicial process
or in the course of judicial proceedings,
which is contrary to the principles of the
Government and abhorIcnt TO the in
stincts of Englishmen and Americans.
In the Castle Garden investigation
one item of the testimony brought ont
the following pretty bit of official brutal
ity
q How are the immigrants treated
hv the baggage men A. Well. III
give a little imitation Neling) where
YOU going - New York. "Blankeiy
blank YOU, don't YOU know that you're
in New York Show your checks. All
right. Get out. Wen send your bag
gage after you yes, but I've got my
own wagon and / want 80 move my own
trunks. "You can't do il. Get ont, |
tell YOU Then they get.
q Then the immigrants cannot move
their " baggage \. Not by a large
majority
SPECIAL AND PERSONAL.